B2B Community Builder Show (formerly Chief Executive Connector)
09 | The Greatest Man I Know... my father, Humberto Gonzalez
This episode is the most significant audio project I've ever started.
My Dad, Humberto Gonzalez, isn't just my idol and best friend, he's an executive that has built and sold three $100M+ companies, in the United States, Latin America, and Europe. But here, we focus on his ONE BIG FAILURE before recapping a remarkable career as a business executive and entrepreneur.
It's as much a masters class on the importance of cash flow in your business model, as an introspection into overconfidence and loss. As you'll hear in the second half of the episode, my dad has had an epic life since fleeing Fidel Castro's Cuba with his family as a teenager shortly after the Cuban Revolution, pioneering tech and leverage buyout in the 80s, the building multiple $100M companies. I plan to make his life into a multiple part series that will either be its own project or released in this podcast.
I'd LOVE to know what you think... should I prioritize this story or continue doing other interviews? Shoot me an email to youshould@connectwithpablo.com (clever e-mail... I know... it was Nathan Ruff's idea, founder and CEO of Rabbit)
Thank you to my mentee, Nikola Ivanov, for all the time stamps to all my episodes. That kid is the smartest, hardest working 14-year old Bulgarian of all time. He's going places!!
0:00 Before Podcast(ish) discussion
0:50 Where is Dad Right Now
1:20 How Dad got started into entrepreneurship
2:10 What did the business world give and take from Dad
3:40 The Closest thing to war in a business world
4:30 How Hurricane Helped Dad pick the best house for us
7:00 How a Failure led to the biggest deal in the life of my Dad
9:40 How do Software Businesses Work
13:00 Creating The Biggest Tech Distributing company in Latin America
16:40 Creating a Global Business before the Internet
17:50 Why did the Business fail
19:30 Why You Should ALWAYS use your specialty
20:00 The First Year in Business
21:00 The ONE harsh truth about Business
22:10 The Cloud Takeover period
24:40 The two things that slowed my dad’s business down
26:20 The Lowest point in the business life of my dad
27:40 How business kills the old school entrepreneurs
29:55 The pitching strategy of my Dad
32:00 The Social Media Advantage
35:25 The Financial Scheme of The a Food Business
36:25 How I sold my business and 2x Ed the price teaser
37:00 The Wrong Way of Looking At Failure (The First Failure of My Dad)
40:15 The biggest problem when losing the money of other people/investors
41:20 Can a Personal Loss cloud your decision making?
43:20 The worst year of Dad’s life and what helped him get through it
46:00 My Dad’s life in Cuba and his immigration journey
48:00 Being the only Spanish speaker in an English Kindergarden
49:40 The World Before the Computer revolution
50:00 The Life Of Dad After University
51:35 The Betting game in Business
52:20 The Man Who invested the desktop and LOST it all
53:30 From Venezuela to the USA
56:50 Becoming the Ultimate Company Problem solver
58:30 How One Person made my Dad become his own boss
1:00:40 How My Dad created his business plan for the US Market
1:03:00 The Long Term Success of Dad
1:03:40 What’s the Lesson Dad Learned from all these years in business
1:04:15 Call Recap
1:06:25 Stories Recap
1:07:20-1:08:31 Recap of Dad’s Business history
Love the song on the show?? Check out The Stiltsville on Spotify:
This episode is the most significant audio project I've ever started.
My Dad, Humberto Gonzalez, isn't just my idol and best friend, he's an executive that has built and sold three $100M+ companies, in the United States, Latin America, and Europe. But here, we focus on his ONE BIG FAILURE before recapping a remarkable career as a business executive and entrepreneur.
It's as much a masters class on the importance of cash flow in your business model, as an introspection into overconfidence and loss. As you'll hear in the second half of the episode, my dad has had an epic life since fleeing Fidel Castro's Cuba with his family as a teenager shortly after the Cuban Revolution, pioneering tech and leverage buyout in the 80s, the building multiple $100M companies. I plan to make his life into a multiple part series that will either be its own project or released in this podcast.
I'd LOVE to know what you think... should I prioritize this story or continue doing other interviews? Shoot me an email to youshould@connectwithpablo.com (clever e-mail... I know... it was Nathan Ruff's idea, founder and CEO of Rabbit)
Thank you to my mentee, Nikola Ivanov, for all the time stamps to all my episodes. That kid is the smartest, hardest working 14-year old Bulgarian of all time. He's going places!!
0:00 Before Podcast(ish) discussion
0:50 Where is Dad Right Now
1:20 How Dad got started into entrepreneurship
2:10 What did the business world give and take from Dad
3:40 The Closest thing to war in a business world
4:30 How Hurricane Helped Dad pick the best house for us
7:00 How a Failure led to the biggest deal in the life of my Dad
9:40 How do Software Businesses Work
13:00 Creating The Biggest Tech Distributing company in Latin America
16:40 Creating a Global Business before the Internet
17:50 Why did the Business fail
19:30 Why You Should ALWAYS use your specialty
20:00 The First Year in Business
21:00 The ONE harsh truth about Business
22:10 The Cloud Takeover period
24:40 The two things that slowed my dad’s business down
26:20 The Lowest point in the business life of my dad
27:40 How business kills the old school entrepreneurs
29:55 The pitching strategy of my Dad
32:00 The Social Media Advantage
35:25 The Financial Scheme of The a Food Business
36:25 How I sold my business and 2x Ed the price teaser
37:00 The Wrong Way of Looking At Failure (The First Failure of My Dad)
40:15 The biggest problem when losing the money of other people/investors
41:20 Can a Personal Loss cloud your decision making?
43:20 The worst year of Dad’s life and what helped him get through it
46:00 My Dad’s life in Cuba and his immigration journey
48:00 Being the only Spanish speaker in an English Kindergarden
49:40 The World Before the Computer revolution
50:00 The Life Of Dad After University
51:35 The Betting game in Business
52:20 The Man Who invested the desktop and LOST it all
53:30 From Venezuela to the USA
56:50 Becoming the Ultimate Company Problem solver
58:30 How One Person made my Dad become his own boss
1:00:40 How My Dad created his business plan for the US Market
1:03:00 The Long Term Success of Dad
1:03:40 What’s the Lesson Dad Learned from all these years in business
1:04:15 Call Recap
1:06:25 Stories Recap
1:07:20-1:08:31 Recap of Dad’s Business history
Love the song on the show?? Check out The Stiltsville on Spotify: